US EditionNew START Treaty Expiration Ends Nuclear Arms Limits Between U.S. and Russia
The treaty capped deployed strategic warheads at 1,550 per side and included verification; its expiry raises risks of an unconstrained arms race, experts warn.
- The New START nuclear arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia is set to expire, ending limits on their nuclear arsenals for the first time in over 50 years.
- Experts warn that without the treaty, both sides could significantly increase their deployed nuclear warheads.
- China has rejected calls to join nuclear arms negotiations, citing the disparity in nuclear strength compared to the U.S. and Russia.
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The last US-Russian nuclear pact is expiring, ending a half-century of arms control
The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than half a century.
The last nuclear arms control agreement between the US and Russia is due to expire, which means that for the first time in more than 50 years there is no nuclear arms limitation for both sides.
The US and Russia are phased out the last bilateral treaty on strategic nuclear weapons – without succession. Experts warn of the effects
The last U.S.-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control
The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.
America wants more nuclear weapons to contain Russia and China.
US Bishops call expiration of New START Treaty ‘unacceptable'
Ahead of the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, urges policymakers to "courageously pursue diplomatic negotiations to maintain New START’s limits." Read all
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